Improving Your Managerial Effectiveness

Course Outline

Develop a more proactive approach to meet complex challenges.

In this three-day seminar, designed for mid-level and developing managers, the focus is on knowing yourself and how your behavior affects the actions of your team. You’ll learn the importance of team dynamics and how understanding others—their goals and values, needs and wants, comfort and stretch areas—can lead to more effective motivation, delegation, conflict resolution and overall team performance.

Who Should Attend

Experienced managers with three to five years of management experience.

Note: To attend this seminar, we recommend prior attendance in at least one skills-based management course.  

How You Will Benefit

• Ensure long-term business results by focusing on employee development 
• Meet the diverse needs of all your team members with proven communication techniques 
• Align motivation with work and personal goals 
• Anticipate and resolve conflict situations 
• Instill a culture based on trust, partnerships and respect 
• Increase dialogue and constructive feedback 
• Partner with your team to ensure long-term productivity 
• Use delegation to increase performance and individual growth

What You Will Cover

The Learning Workplace

• Deal with significant changes 
• Assess your approach to challenges from your staff 
• Understand your behavioral profile and scoring matrix
  
  The Manager’s Style—How Others See You
   
• The four primary behavioral styles: relater, socializer, thinker, director 
• How to recognize others’ behavioral styles to increase support and communication 
• Style adaptability to increase your managerial effectiveness
  
  Managing Teams
   
• Teams, team stages and work group 
• How to develop, create and manage a successful team
  
  The Transformational Coach—Partnership Coaching
   
• How to move from a boss to a coach 
• The competencies and strengths of a transformational coach 
• Identify your developmental strategies
  
  Style and Motivation
   
• Key values in determining various ways to motivate people 
• The relationship between values and individual expectations 
• Assess your company’s existing recognition, reward and benefit systems in relation to employee growth and performance 
• How to select motivators based on individual needs
  
  Managing Conflict
   
• Assess your preference and approach for dealing with conflicts 
• Identify the critical modes for reaching successful resolution 
• Shift your style to manage conflicts
  
  Delegation for Growth
   
• Barriers and techniques to overcome resistance and minimize risks 
• Re-examine the effectiveness of your current delegating techniques 
• Delegation styles and approaches
  
  Managing Performance and Growth
  
• Apply all concepts learned through simulation actions 
• How to promote continuous learning among your staff

Available Formats for Employees and Managers

At our training centre in downtown Toronto, 10.00AM to 5.00PM with one hour lunch break.

$1799 + HST per participant for a two day workshop,
$2499 + HST per participant for a three day workshop,

We offer a 10% discount for each additional participant

For Soft Skill Workshops outside the GTA, please contact us at 647-271-3330 or e-mail your request to support@train4career.net for pricing giving information like number of participants, convenient dates etc.